Nicki Minaj Confirms New Album 'Queen' Will Be Released June 15
It's been four years since Nicki Minaj released her last studio album, The Pinkprint, and the wait for her followup is almost over. After dropping singles "Chun-Li" and "Barbie Tingz" in a highly...
View ArticleWe Would Like to Excommunicate Mac DeMarco From Canada Please
Being a Toronto Raptors fan isn’t easy. Look, I’m not really going to get into it, but being swept by LeBron James’ (regular season) subpar Cleveland Cavaliers last night really hurt. It’s a pain so...
View ArticleCHRCH's California Doom Metal Sizzles in the Sacramento Sun
Sacramento, California offers a stark contrast to doom metal's traditional breeding grounds, like the corners of England that seem to be perpetually shrouded in medieval darkness, or the dour,...
View ArticleWeaves Get Weird On Their New Arcade Fire Cover
With the weather getting warmer, that means two things: summer is back to remind us existence is great when there isn’t an ice storm and the Polaris Prize nominations will be here soon. The Canadian...
View ArticleThe Deeply American Appeal of Donald Glover
Over the weekend, Donald Glover released his latest visual “This is America” accompanied with a sing-rap song that sounds like something you’d expect as Pharrell’s next Billboard hit. If you’ve somehow...
View ArticleRicarda Cometa's 'Soltá el Bambú' Is a Rhythmic Noise Rock Explosion
A version of this article originally appeared on Noisey en Español. Leer en Español . Ricarda Cometa travels with a jar of C4 and a pair of wire cutters—at least metaphorically speaking, as nothing...
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What Is an 'Arctic Monkey', Though?
‘Who The F*** Are Arctic Monkeys?’ asked a 2006 EP of songs put out by Sheffield’s most famous export since the city single-handedly invented steel during the Industrial Revolution. The question is...
View ArticlePetal's New Song "Tightrope" is a Whole Bunch of Emotions at Once
Pennsylvania's Petal – otherwise known as Kiley Lotz – recently announced her second album Magic Gone. Following the release of the first track from that record (the phenomenal "Better Than You"),...
View ArticleWe Reviewed All 43 Eurovision Songs
The 63rd Eurovision Song Contest is already underway in Lisbon, Portugal. If you enjoy watching sequin-studded Eastern Europeans wailing incomprehensibly into headset mics over disco beats while...
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We Reviewed Literally Whatever You Sent Us, Volume 20
Once a week Once a month Every so often Whenever we remember to do so, we here at Noisey participate in a thing we made up called We Reviewed Literally Whatever You Sent Us. The name should be...
View ArticleTaylor Swift Needs a New Thing
Last night, Taylor Swift opened her Reputation Tour in Glendale, but it seems to be the same role we've seen her in for almost a decade. Swift addressed the snake motif that's been so prominent since...
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This Collective Is Destroying Western Clichés About Arabic Music
A version of this article originally appeared on Noisey France. “Stazy is here for the ecstasy, you know,” says Amine Metani, founder of the Arabstazy collective. “We’re not the police of anything, not...
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Arp's New Single Is a Genre-Defying Instrumental From Other Worlds
Alexis Georgopoulos—the New York composer, producer, and writer—has always seemed to approach music with a surprising openmindedness. You can see it even in thetracklists of the DJ mixes he hosts on...
View ArticleTy Dolla $ign and 21 Savage Are Chasing It All on "The Clout"
Ty Dolla $ign is returning with a deluxe edition of Beach House 3, and lucky for us we get six unreleased songs. He grabs 21 Savage for "The Clout" and the two rip and run over a bouncy production...
View ArticleThrash Metal Is Going Through Its Second Puberty
Of metal’s many subgenres, thrash is perhaps the iconic. A cutthroat mixture of heavy metal’s big riffs and hardcore punk’s ferocious speed, thrash is metal at its most vital. It has the loudest...
View ArticleA.G. Cook Releases Grimes Remix "Flesh Without Musk"
A.G. Cook, obviously as shocked about the news of Grimes' relationship with tech billionaire Elon Musk as everyone else is, has indirectly responded in the form of a new Grimes remix titled "Flesh...
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America Is Still Afraid of Heavy Metal
Heavy metal has always had an uncomfortable—and often downright acrimonious—relationship with the rest of society. In a way, that’s the point; a genre fomented on rebellion, disillusionment, and...
View ArticleTo Iceage, With Love
“It's too much for one man. On the other hand what's the good of losing heart now, that's what I say. We should have thought of it a million years ago, in the nineties”-Vladimir, Waiting For Godot To...
View ArticleShannon Shaw Has a Terrifying Band of Giant Teddy Bears in Her New Video
Dang, Shannon Shaw sure has been keeping busy. In February, she and Bay Area heroes Shannon and The Clams released their fifth studio album, Onion, a heartbreaking collection of doo-wop melodies...
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Tee Grizzley Is Ready to Tell You Everything
The access that listeners have been granted to most of their favorite artists’ lives through social media has created a more substantial relationship between consumer and creator. We are now able to...
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